early to rise...

it'd been a long time

since i've watched the sunrise.

that is...

till this morning.

for some reason my dad 

turned the thermostat

up really high

so it was swelteringly hot

and i tossed and turned

all night. 

then around 4:30

my phone rang,

so i answered it thinking it

must be an emergency.

but it was just a friend

that dialed my # intending

to call the person before 

my name in his phone.

an accident.

so i figured

alright,

what the hey,

i'll just get up.

and then the sun started

slowly rising

and the birds were singing 

their little 

good-morning songs.

and people on the road 

drinking their morning coffee

and headed to all 

their perspective lives.

and a little reminder that

His mercies are new every morning.

and i'm happy to be alive :)

i recommend you get up and

watch a sunrise sometime soon.